No, not Christmas, it’s time for the Hour of Code! Every year I look forward to this event and sharing it with my students. The official Hour of Code is next week, and we’ve been gearing up for it over the past few weeks in grades K-6. Yes, you heard...

Next month, the annual Hour Of Code takes place. I’ve had my students involved in this for years, and I am looking forward to introducing a new crop of kids to it this year. In my K-3 building, I have started my introduction to programming unit with all of the...

Last week, I splurged and bought the boardgame Robot Turtles to try out with my primary students. The new tech standards for NJ have a strong focus on programming concepts in the early grades, and I had heard a lot about this unplugged activity for grades K-1. The...

While attending EdCamp NYC over the weekend, I saw mention of something called a MakeyMakey on my Twitter feed. Edcampers were excitedly talking about bringing them to the conference in the morning. I’d never heard of a MakeyMakey, so I used my Google-fu to...